Meaning of Unknown Words
Local animal shelters rely on the benevolence of volunteers who donate their time and money to help take care of the animals.
a. friendship b. generosity
c. trust d. patience
What is generosity?
Find the prefix/root/suffix of the word unacceptable.
What is un (prefix), accept (root), able (suffix)?
In the Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast, the audience knows from the beginning of the movie that the beast is a prince, but Belle does not.
What kind of effect does this create?
a. drama b. suspense
c. humor d. excitement
What is drama?
MSEC has the BEST teachers in Memphis!
Which evidence BEST supports this?
a. MSEC is considered a level 4 out of 5 school.
b. The students have so much fun at school.
c. The students hardly have homework from their teachers.
What is MSEC is considered a level 4 out of 5 school?
The dead man's first and last name.
Who is Gabriel Perdido?
The information leaked in the news story had been fabricated. The source did not exist. In fact, the subject matter of the article was made up by the newspaper.
a. entertaining b. unknown
c. fake d. useful
What is fake?
Find the prefix/root/suffix of the word disorganized.
Provide the meaning of each part of the word.
What is dis (prefix, not)?
What is organize (root, order)?
What is ed (suffix, past tense)?
"It wasn’t at all how I had planned our night to end, but I figured all hope wasn’t lost. It was just easier to let my sisters think they’d won. However, the instant I buckled up I promised myself I’d surrender the body when we got to the international bridge— no matter what."
What does the reader know that the other characters don't?
What is the reader knows that Odilia has a plan to stop her sisters' plan and do the right thing?
Spinach is better for you than chocolate.
a. One cup of spinach only has 7 calories while only one ounce of dark chocolate has 150 calories.
b. Eating spinach makes me feel good while chocolate makes you sick.
c. Eating too much chocolate can give you diabetes.
What is one cup of spinach only has 7 calories while only one ounce of dark chocolate has 150 calories?
Ines mother's name
Who is Zaragoza?
Samurai warrior training was long and rigorous. For example, samurai school began in early childhood and was a unique combination of physical training, academics, poetry, and spiritual discipline.
Based on what you read, what does the word rigorous mean?
What is tough and challenging?
Determine if it is a prefix, root, or suffix and tell me the meaning.
a. ology
b. trans
c. aqua
What is suffix, study of?
What is prefix, across/through?
What is root, water?
“Fine. Don’t tell me, I don’t care! I don’t have to know!” Juanita clamped her mouth shut and stalked off. If I’d known the truth was the one thing that could shut Juanita up for good, I would have stopped lying to her years ago."
What does the reader know that the other characters don't?
What is the reader knows that Odilia was telling the truth and she really had been talking to La Llorona?
Eating too much candy causes stomach aches.
a. One time my brother ate 60 Now and Laters and nothing happened.
b. My sister collected 3 bags of candy yesterday.
c. Yesterday I ate 22 Starbursts and threw up.
What is yesterday I ate 22 Starbursts and threw up?
The difference between empathy and sympathy?
What is feeling something for someone and feeling sorry for someone?
Piranhas have a bad reputation, but they are not necessarily the notorious killer fish that we see in the movies or on television nature shows. A piranha is a fish found in the rivers of South America. Piranhas are very ferocious eaters. They have a single row of razor sharp, triangle-shaped teeth that they use to shred and tear at food.
Based on what you read, what does ferocious and notorious mean? Be prepared to explain how you got your answer.
What is violently angry?
What is famous for a bad reason?
Find the prefix/root/suffix of the word unhelpful.
Find the prefix/root/suffix of the word misused.
Provide the meaning of each part of the word.
1. unhelpful:
- What is prefix, not (un)?
- What is root, aid/assist (help)?
- What is suffix, full of (ful)?
2. misused:
- What is prefix, wrong (mis)?
- What is root, to put into action or service (use)?
- What is suffix, past tense (-d)
She looked at the car again, her eyes narrowing. "Why doesn't he get out? What's wrong with him?"
"It's not that he can't. He won't. He's a coward," Efrain spit out, clenching and unclenching his hands.
QUESTION: What does the reader know that the other characters don't? What effect does that create? (suspense, humor, drama, excitement, empathy)
What is the reader knows that Gabriel can't get out of the car because he is dead?
What is drama?
A teenager who wants a new cellular phone.
Come up with 3 pieces of evidence and pick the BEST one. Why is that the best one?
Answers will vary
How are metaphors and similes alike? How are they different?
What is metaphors and similes both compare two unlike things?
What is similes uses "like or as" and metaphors do not?
The springtime is prone to avalanches because of big storms and warmer weather. An avalanche occurs when one entire area of snow slides off another layer underneath it. The layers form as wind and weather lay down icy, heavy layers of snow. 4. Most avalanches start spontaneously, usually the unexpected result of heavy rain, snow, or earthquakes. When a slab of snow starts to slide, the avalanche picks up whatever lies in its path as it crashes down the mountainside—including rocks, trees, and people. Skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobiles can also trigger a catastrophic avalanche, sometimes resulting in the loss of life.
Based on what you read, what does prone, spontaneously, and catastrophic mean? Be prepared to explain how you got your answer.
What is tendency to happen?
What is happening suddenly?
What is extremely harmful?
Use what you know about these word parts to write a definition of prediction in your own words.
What is statement about the future, to foretell or tell beforehand?
Pre- before
Dict- to say/speak
As I drove out of town I saw an ancient woman standing in a blighted field. She stood watching me, her long gray hair caught in the wind like wisps of silver thread. I couldn’t see the details of her long tunic dress from the distance, but I could tell it was old and graying.
“Llorana?” I whispered, slowing down to get a better look, but as I did, the mysterious woman turned away from me. I watched the road ahead for a good place to turn around, but when I looked back, the woman was gone. Disappeared, like she’d never been there.
As I sped away, I had a suspicious feeling that I was needed back at our secluded rest stop, and I was right.
QUESTION: What does the reader know that the other characters don't? What effect does that create? (suspense, humor, drama, excitement, empathy)
What is the reader knows that Odilia sees La Llorona standing in a field and knows she needs to get back to her sisters because something isn't right.
What is suspense?
Come up with an argument/claim.
Provide 3 examples of evidence of this argument/claim. Tell me which piece of evidence BEST supports and why?
Answers will vary.
What does the word immaculate mean? Use it in a sentence.
What is perfectly clean/flawless?
Answers will vary.